Spring+Meeting+-+March+18th-19th,+2011

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 * Hotel reservations can be made up until February 23rd at Atherton Hotel for $95 per night or until March 4th at the Sleep Inn for $75 per night. Remember to ask for "AATG" when making reservations!**

**Central PA AATG Meeting March 18-19, 2011 State College, PA** **PROGRAM** **Friday, March 18** **5:00-6:00** Registration and Reception (Atherton Hotel) **6:00-7:00** Banquet (Atherton Hotel) **7:30-9:30 Film: Kirschblüten – Hanami** (111 Chambers) with an introduction by Bettina Brandt, Penn State University **Saturday, March 19** **8:30-9:00** **Coffee, Juice, Bagels** (Atherton Hotel) **9:00-9:55** **Session 1:****AATG Business Meeting** (Atherton Hotel) **10:00- 12:15** **Session 1: Teaching and Learning German Language and Culture** (Atherton Hotel) 10:00 – 10:45 **Keynote Speaker: Richard Korb, Columbia University** “ ‘Der Schwarzfahrer’: Using Pepe Danquart's Academy-Award Winning Film Short to Focus Language Learners on Issues of Diversity and Otherness.” 10:45 – 11:00 Q & A for Richard Korb 11:15-11:35 “Student Portfolios: Assessment and Student-Centered Learning” Beate Brunow, Penn State University 11:35 – 11:45 Q & A for Beate Brunow 11:45-12:05 "Study Abroad: More than Just Language Learning" Janice McGregor, Penn State University 12:05 – 12:15 Q & A for Janice McGregor **12:15-2:15 Lunch and Weimar Exhibition in the Palmer Museum of Art** • There are a wide range of restaurants in State College, including Herwig’s, an Austrian restaurant on College Avenue very near the Atherton Hotel.  • The Palmer Museum of Art has an exhibition on **“Politics and Prints in Weimar Germany”** **Session 2: German Culture in Germany and in the United States**

**2:15 – 4:30** 2:15 - 2:35 “Writings on the Wall: Skulls, Ghosts, and the Art of War” (Reflections on Politics and Prints in Weimar Germany) Martina Kolb, Penn State University 2.35 - 2:45 Q & A for Martina Kolb 2:45 - 3:05 “Teaching Berlin’s New Architecture: More Local than Global” Daniel Purdy, Penn State University 3:05 - 3:15 Q & A for Daniel Purdy 3:30 - 3:50 “German Immigration to the Altoona Area: What Remains (To Be Studied)” Jutta Gsoels-Lorensen, Penn State Altoona 3:50 4:00 Q & A for Jutta Gsoels-Lorensen 4:00 - 4:20 “Teaching German-American Culture in Pennsylvania: The Old Order Amish” Joshua R. Brown, Penn State University 4:20 - 4:30 Q & A for Joshua Brown